Several issues have been discovered in ImageMagick, a popular set ofprograms and libraries for image manipulation. These issues includeseveral problems in memory handling that can result in a denial ofservice attack or in execution of arbitrary code by an attacker withcontrol on the image input.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed inversion 8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u6.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed inversion 8:6.9.6.5+dfsg-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your imagemagick packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to applythese updates to your system and frequently asked questions can befound at: https://www.debian.org/security/